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THE SPACE PROGRAM
The Early Years
The Mercury Program
The Gemini Program
Gemini 3
Gemini 4
Gemini 5
Gemini 6
Gemini 7
Gemini 8
Gemini 9
Gemini 10
Gemini 11
Gemini 12
The Apollo Program
Skylab
Apollo-Soyuz

The Shuttle Program
Program Info
Orbiter Info
Mission Info

The Space Station
Background
Assembly
Dog Crews

Mars
Missions
Art

The Gemini Program

Gemini 5

Gemini 5 patch
C. Gordon Cooper, Commander
Charles Conrad, Jr., Pilot
Launch August 21, 1965
Landing August 29, 1965

"8 Days or Bust" The primary objective was to evaluate the effects of weightlessness during and 8-day flight. The flight duration was 7 Days, 22 hours, 55 min, and 14 seconds while orbiting 120 times.


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Cooper and Conrad on Deck Photo by Nasa

PHOTO: Cooper and Conrad on Deck Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. (right) and Charles Conrad Jr. walk across the deck of the recovery aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lake Champlain following splashdown and recovery from the ocean.